www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Kyle Duncanhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/kyle-duncan/?utm_medium=RSSwww.washingtontimes.com Topics: Kyle Duncanen-usMon, 14 Dec 2015 14:15:01 -0500Supreme Court issues stay in Alabama lesbian child-custody fighthttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/dec/14/supreme-court-issues-stay-in-alabama-lesbian-child/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>An Alabama court order that has been blocking the child-visitation plans of a lesbian woman was temporarily stayed Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court.</p> <p>The case of V.L. and E.L., an estranged lesbian couple who are fighting over three children who were born to E.L. through artificial insemination, has been ...Cheryl WetzsteinMon, 14 Dec 2015 14:15:01 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/dec/14/supreme-court-issues-stay-in-alabama-lesbian-child/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSTestimony: Abortion clinic likely to close if law enforcedhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/22/john-doe-doctors-to-testify-behind-screen-in-abort/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The medical director of a northwest Louisiana abortion clinic testified Monday that it probably would close if the state is allowed to enforce a law requiring doctors who perform the procedure to be able to admit patients to a hospital within 30 miles of their clinics.</p> ...JANET McCONNAUGHEYMon, 22 Jun 2015 20:42:06 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/22/john-doe-doctors-to-testify-behind-screen-in-abort/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSGay marriage arguments heard in 5th Circuit http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/9/gay-marriage-arguments-heard-in-5th-circuit/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Gay rights supporters were encouraged by arguments before a panel of federal appellate court judges Friday in three state gay marriage cases.</p> <p>Two of the judges in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans appeared to be skeptical of arguments by attorneys for Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas ...Cheryl WetzsteinFri, 09 Jan 2015 16:42:16 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/9/gay-marriage-arguments-heard-in-5th-circuit/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSSpecial counsel hired to defend gay marriage banhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/26/special-counsel-hired-to-defend-gay-marriage-ban/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has hired outside legal help to fight challenges to Louisiana's gay marriage ban.</p> <p> NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports (http://bit.ly/NxrYAT ) that Caldwell's office has sought assistance from Kyle Duncan, former Louisiana solicitor general and current general counsel for the Becket Fund ...Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:16:30 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/26/special-counsel-hired-to-defend-gay-marriage-ban/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSSecond court backs Obama birth control mandatehttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/17/second-court-backs-obama-birth-control-mandate/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday sided with the Obama administration in the nationwide legal battle over the mandate to cover contraception services, marking the second time a federal appeals court rebuffed a company that argued the mandatory coverage of birth control violates its religious beliefs.</p> <p>A ...Tom Howell Jr.Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:35:06 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/17/second-court-backs-obama-birth-control-mandate/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSCourt sides with Obama administration in contraception fighthttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/17/appeals-court-sides-obama-contraception-fight/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday sided with the Obama administration in the nationwide legal battle over the mandate to cover contraception services in the new health care law, marking the second time a federal appeals court rebuffed to a company who said the mandatory coverage of birth ...Tom Howell Jr.Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:58:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/17/appeals-court-sides-obama-contraception-fight/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSMandate for birth control coverage up for federal appeal http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/23/mandate-birth-control-coverage-federal-appeal/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>DENVER (AP) &mdash; In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal <span>appeals</span> court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.</p> <p>The Oklahoma ...Kristen WyattThu, 23 May 2013 08:11:20 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/23/mandate-birth-control-coverage-federal-appeal/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSHobby Lobby set to argue to block health care lawhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/1/hobby-lobby-set-argue-block-health-care-law/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) &mdash; An arts and craft supply company owned by a Christian family asked a judge Thursday to block a portion of the new federal health care law, claiming that mandated coverage for certain birth control violates its religious freedom rights.</p> <p>Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.'s owners believe the ...Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:45:24 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/1/hobby-lobby-set-argue-block-health-care-law/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS